#1003656 alsa-utils: upgrade to version 1.2.6-1 breaks PulseAudio

Package:
alsa-utils
Source:
alsa-utils
Description:
Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
Submitter:
Antonio
Date:
2022-01-13 11:51:03 UTC
Severity:
important
#1003656#5
Date:
2022-01-13 10:52:38 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,
I use PulseAudio by starting it as a service:
---

[Unit]
Description=PulseAudio system server

[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no --system --realtime
--log-target=journal

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
--- but after updating the alsa-utils package from version 1.2.5-2 to version 1.2.6-1, pulseaudio does not start and the status of the service returns this error: PulseAudio [1620]: Failed to Load Module "Module-Native-Protocol-Unix" (Argument: ""): Initialization Failed. I have compared the contents of the two packages and I noticed that the services: - alsa-state.service - alsa-restore.service have been moved from the path "/usr/lib/systemd/system" -> "/lib/systemd/system" and this create the problem. ln -sfn /lib/systemd/system/{sound.target.wants,alsa-restore.service,alsa-state.service} /usr/lib/systemd/system/ And this time, at reboot, everything worked. I think it is necessary to create this symlinks in the post-installation script to avoid interruptions of the audio system. Thank you, Antonio
#1003656#10
Date:
2022-01-13 11:47:51 UTC
From:
To:
I thought I solved it, but it wasn't the problem, the next reboot has
recurred.

However, after more than a reboot, the downgrade to the previous 1.2.5
version works.